Hi, I'm just curious, does anybody know anything about the Rev. William Withers in this obit below? I'm researching Withers (and Smouse) in Cumberland but my direct line left around the turn of the century. Any comments anybody? Susan Sherman On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Sheryl Kelso <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, I'm searching for the maiden name of the first wife of William Alec > or Alex McMurdo. I believe she might have been a Meagher from Salisbury, > PA, > but am not sure. The following are the obits for William and his second > wife: > > Kitzmiller, Md, Dec. 17 - William Alex McMurdo, 73, died Monday at his home > at Emoryville, W. Va., of a heart attack. Burial was in Hartmonsville > Cemetery this afternoon. He is survived by his widow, Pearl Junkins McMurdo > and five children by a former marriage, Mrs. Josephine Folk, Westernport; > John McMurdo and Mrs. Robert Yenhart, Akron, Ohio; Harry McMurdo, > Washington; and Mrs. Ellis Weise, Westernport. Three stepchildren: Melvin > and Lawrence Simmons, Emoryville; Miss Bernice Simmons, Cleveland, Ohio, > and > two half-brothers, Thomas Robertson, Meyersdale, and James Robertson, > Lonaconing, and eight grandchildren. The Cumberland Evening Times, December > 17, 1941 > > EMORYVILLE - Mrs. Pearl Simmons McMurdo, 71, died last night at her home > here following an illness of three years. Born at Oakland, Md., a daughter > of the late David V. and Nancy (Clark) Junkins, she had resided here 60 > years. Twice married, she was preceded in death by both husbands, Oscar > Simmons and William McMurdo. Surviving are a daughter, Miss Bernice > Simmons, > Cleveland; two sons, Lawrence Simmons, Emoryville, and Melvin Simmons, Elk > Garden; a stepson, Harry McMurdo, Akron; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Hilda > Yenhart and Mrs. Jean Kyle, both of Akron, and six grandchildren. The body > is at the home of her son, Lawrence Simmons. Services will be conducted > Friday at 2:30 p. m. at Emeryville Methodist Church by Rev. William Withers > and interment will be in Hartmansville Cemetery. The Cumberland Evening > Times, March 21, 1956 > > For some reason, I cannot locate any of the children from the first > marriage. I do have an obit for Lawrence Folk, who also died in 1941, > married to Josephine, but I cannot find her either. I am assuming, but am > not sure, that Josephine died before 1956 and that Mrs. Ellis Weise > (mentioned in the first obit) remarried a Mr. Kyle from Ohio. I cannot find > Ellis Weise, either, although I did find his parents and brother. Any help > would truly be appreciated. Sheryl > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >